Ancient History: General Vocabulary

Question 1

patricians

Answer 1

upper class people in Rome

Question 2

plebeians

Answer 2

lower class people in Rome

Question 3

consuls

Answer 3

people who live in a foreign country to promote and protect the governments citizens and interests there

Question 4

magistrate

Answer 4

civil officer who administers the law

Question 5

tribunes

Answer 5

chosen by plebeians to protects their interests

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veto

Answer 6

reject or pass a law

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dictator

Answer 7

when one leader has his own rules and everyone has to abide by it

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senate

Answer 8

smaller upper assembly

Question 9

assembly

Answer 9

group of people together for a common purpose

Question 10

executive branch

Answer 10

responsible for enforcing laws

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legislative branch

Answer 11

creates laws

Question 12

judicial branch

Answer 12

responsible for passing laws

Question 13

mercenary

Answer 13

primarily concerned with making money

Question 14

messiah

Answer 14

leader or savior of a group

Question 15

disciples

Answer 15

a follower lead by a leader

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prefect

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magistrate in certain countries

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parabel

Answer 17

story to illustrate a spiritual lesson

Question 18

sabbath

Answer 18

a day of religious observance from work

Question 19

epistle

Answer 19

a letter

Question 20

gentiles

Answer 20

person who is not Jewish

Question 21

dissent

Answer 21

hold or express opinions

Question 22

samaritans

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people closely related to Judaism

Question 23

blasphemy

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great disrespect shown to God

Question 24

corvus

Answer 24

a small constellation adjoining Virgo on the south

Question 25

missionaries

Answer 25

person sent to foreign country to do religious work

Question 26

martyr

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a person who is killed or who suffers greatly for a religion, cause, etc

Question 27

latifundia

Answer 27

great landed estate

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zealous

Answer 28

feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person

Question 29

Quran

Answer 29

holy book for Muslims

Question 30

Allah

Answer 30

Muslim God

Question 31

Sunni

Answer 31

Sunnis accept that the first four Caliphs, including Ali, were the rightful followers of Muhammad.

Question 32

Shiite

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Shiites believe imams are descendants of the Prophet.

Question 33

sufi

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they believe in absolute belief in God

Question 34

manorialism

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the peasants of medieval Europe were rendered dependent on their land and on their lord.

Question 35

fief

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a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations

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secular

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not connected to religion

Question 37

manor

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a large estate

Question 38

feudalism

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a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return

Question 39

monastery

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a place where a community stays, usually monks

Question 40

homage/fealty

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the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service.

Question 41

excommuication

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to cut off from communion with a church

Question 42

heresy

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any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.

Question 43

monk/nun

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people who have a big belief in religion

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King

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person who rules a castle

Question 45

lord/noble

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a person who authority and control

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knight/vassal

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person who guards the castle

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serf/peasant

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poor/lower class people

Question 48

status quo

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in the state in which

Question 49

proselytize

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to convert or attempt to

Question 50

permeate

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to pass into

Question 51

imam

Answer 51

someone who leads the prayers in Islam religion

Question 52

capitalism

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a way of organizing the economy

Question 53

communism

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a way to organize a society//no private property